In the stratosphere over Siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex off its North Pole perch.

1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...

The south pole of the Sun, photographed by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager instrument aboard Solar Orbiter on 30 March 2022. © ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team The Sun’s poles are of particular ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft took the image near the Sun on March 23, 2025, and it was announced on June 11, 2025.

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun’s two poles as scientists seek a ...

On Thursday night, June 19, most of Michigan is within the line of sight, so if the weather permits, it might be worth looking up at the night sky, preferably in an area with less light pollution.

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to ...

Magnetic chaos at the Sun’s pole. Among the most surprising early findings is the disordered state of the magnetic field near the Sun’s south pole. Normally, a magnetic field has a clear north and ...